Norman didn't speak, and glanced at Bart from the corner of his eye, who was shocked, but pretended not to hear, and stared at the table.

"Oh...," the old man smiled, handed the glass to Norman, and knocked on the table, the meaning was self-evident. I see, he can't listen. ”

"Ahh

"Then I won't bother, I'll go first."

"Come back!" Norman was angry and amused, gave the old man a blank look, and said after filling the wine again for the other party. "Listen, as long as you don't talk about it. What he wants to say must be able to say and what he can't say, and he won't say it no matter how you ask. ”

"Eh, how can you say that?" The old man who was exposed did not have the slightest embarrassment, and shook his head and said. "You don't know what I know about you, what I can know and what I can't, I'll tell you everything.

You know, this information of mine is very valuable. ”

It's good that the old man didn't mention it, but after mentioning it, the green tendons on Norman's forehead jumped, and his words were full of resentment.

"Are you embarrassed to say that I have been cheated by your intelligence? Not to mention anything else, last time I lied to me that there was a cemetery of a legendary powerhouse that hid a legendary weapon inside.

After I found that weapon for nine lifetimes, it turned out to be just a magic staff, and you exchanged it for me at the cost of healing my wounds. That's a legendary staff, why don't you grab it? ”

After listening to Norman's words, Bart sat back in the chair, and suddenly continued to listen with some regret, good guy, I didn't expect this strong man to have such a hobby of pitfalls. Listen to it yourself here, you shouldn't be cheated too.

With Norman here, a lowly character like himself will never be noticed by him.

The old man didn't care, and said after watching Norman pour him full of wine, and drank it deliciously.

"No, you begged me to heal you with a staff, and if I hadn't saved you at the time, you'd be a waste now. If you're not grateful, forget it, you still slander me like this. ”

"Even if your strength becomes stronger, you are still so shameless." Norman no longer argues about the past and is pointless.

"Let's talk about it, what kind of intelligence are you going to use to trick me this time!"

"It's all said, it's not that you're trapped, it's that something big really happened in the kingdom." The old man shook his head, a look of mispayment. "This is a good opportunity for you to expand the influence of your mercenary group and become a top mercenary group."

"What's the big deal?" Norman apparently did not believe the old man's words and was very disdainful. "You don't mean to tell me that the king who has been in office for almost forty years is going to die, and the princes are ready to fight for the throne and start a war."

"Can't you say something nice?" The old man glared at the other party and said faintly.

"Anyway, that's our king. However, although the old king looks much older than before, it is estimated that it is not a big problem to live for a few more years, and the number of magicians raised by the royal family is not an ornament. ”

"I don't think you have much respect for the king." Norman was still cold. "So what's the big deal? Could it be that other races are preparing to form an alliance and attack the kingdom en masse? ”

"No, it's the end of the war in the West, and the Mage Guild and the Tut Federation are in contact."

As soon as the old man said this, Barthes, who pricked up his ears and eavesdropped for fear of missing a detail, and Norman, who was expressionless, were collectively stunned.

Bart's eyes widened in disbelief and his voice trembled slightly.

"The war in the west is over? Did the kingdom win? ”

"It's not the kingdom that won." The old man corrected the other man's wording. "It was the kingdom that chose the truce."

Hearing this, Norman and Bart glanced at each other, and both of them had a thick look of doubt in their eyes.

It is no wonder that the kingdom was established to fight against various tribes from the early days of its establishment, among which the beast tribes in the west are the king's henchmen.

The kingdom has been at war for countless years since it was even formally established.

Today, the kingdom has been established for more than 400 years, during which wars have broken out with other races, but the war with the beasts has hardly stopped.

It can be said that most of the current kingdom territory was taken from the hands of the beasts. Even the current royal capital was rebuilt from one of the most famous fortresses of the beast clan.

The war between the kingdom and the orcs, which has been going on for hundreds of years, has long filled the two sides with hatred.

Now, the kingdom has taken three-quarters of the southern part of the continent, forcing the beast race to move to the north, and it is about to be said that it has achieved a brilliant establishment, and many people are looking forward to another one or two hundred years, the beast race, which once dominated the southern part of the continent, will be completely defeated by the kingdom and become a large number of second-rate races.

But now, the kingdom has chosen to cease war in a very good situation, which... How is this possible.

If this news spreads, I am afraid that it will cause an uproar in the whole kingdom, and the king may not be able to face the surging public anger.

So, why did the kingdom stop fighting?

A moment later, Norman, who was still sensitive to the politics of the kingdom, was the first to speak and asked tentatively.

"The royal family is ready to attack the Grand Duke of the West? Wasn't the old king afraid that after the armistice, it would arouse the opposition of many nobles? ”

The old man did not answer directly, but said quietly.

"Of the five major knights of the kingdom, there are two in the hands of the Grand Duke of the West, and there is also a pure mage knight order among them. At the beginning of the war, the strength of the Grand Duke of the West was the weakest of the seven dukes, and now, I am afraid that the strength of all the dukes combined cannot compare to him, and it is difficult to say whether the royal family has this kind of strength.

With the experience of the Eastern Grand Duke, do you think the royal family will watch the war continue, and the Western Grand Duke will become stronger and stronger? ”

"But this is to expand the territory of the kingdom." Bart couldn't help but interject.

"No wonder your mercenary group hasn't made much progress in Three Rivers City." The old man sneered lightly, and then explained. "In your opinion, it was a just war between the kingdom and the beasts, and it was to expand the territory of the kingdom, but in the eyes of many nobles, it was completely an increase in territory and strength for the western grand duke with the entire kingdom.

Do you know that more than ninety percent of the newly occupied land in the west in the past 100 years has fallen into the hands of the Grand Duke of the West?

If you are a nobleman, are you still willing to support such a war? ”

"The connection between the Mage Guild and the Tut Federation is also related to this matter?" Norman continued.

"The noble magicians want a territory of their own, and are not willing to accept the exploitation of the nobles, although many of them are nobles. It just happened that the royal family had a headache with the magician legion in the hands of the Grand Duke of the West, so they pushed it behind their backs.

If nothing happens, on the border between the kingdom and the Tut Federation, perhaps soon, there will be a kingdom belonging to the magician, oh, it should be called a dominion that is superficially subordinate to the kingdom.

When that day comes, the civil war in the kingdom will not be far away. That's right, it's time to shuffle the cards. ”